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Overview

Ciarán Condon is affiliated with Université Paris Cité in France and has contributed extensively to research in the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, as well as Environmental Science. Their work spans molecular biology, genetics, and ecology, with an emphasis on bacterial genetics and RNA-related mechanisms.

The scientist's recent publications focus on various aspects of RNA regulation, bacterial growth, pathogenicity, and genome stability. Notable papers include:

  • Regulation of RNA processing and degradation in bacteria, 2020, Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Gene Regulatory Mechanisms
  • A nucleotidyltransferase toxin inhibits growth of Mycobacterium tuberculosis through inactivation of tRNA acceptor stems, 2020, Science Advances
  • An mRNA-mRNA Interaction Couples Expression of a Virulence Factor and Its Chaperone in Listeria monocytogenes, 2020, Cell Reports
  • rRNA operon multiplicity as a bacterial genome stability insurance policy, 2022, Nucleic Acids Research
  • Identification of an RNA sponge that controls the RoxS riboregulator of central metabolism in Bacillus subtilis, 2021, Nucleic Acids Research

Their research topics emphasize RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms, bacterial genetics and biotechnology, as well as interactions between bacteriophages and microbes. Other topics covered in their work include RNA modifications linked to cancer, genomics and phylogenetic studies, bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing, and RNA research focused on splicing.

  • RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
  • Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology
  • Bacteriophages and microbial interactions
  • RNA modifications and cancer
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing
  • RNA Research and Splicing

Ciarán Condon collaborates frequently with several researchers, contributing to joint scientific output. Key coauthors include:

  • Sylvain Durand
  • Frédérique Braun
  • Laëtitia Gilet
  • Aude Trinquier
  • Delphine Allouche

The scientist regularly publishes in multiple venues, with a particular emphasis on bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) and Nucleic Acids Research. Other frequent publication venues include Microbiology Spectrum, Methods in Molecular Biology, and Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Gene Regulatory Mechanisms.

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nucleic Acids Research
  • Microbiology Spectrum
  • Methods in molecular biology
  • Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Gene Regulatory Mechanisms

The combined outputs of Ciarán Condon's research illustrate a sustained focus on understanding molecular mechanisms relevant to bacterial physiology and gene regulation, with implications for microbiology and biotechnology.

Best Publications

  • 5'-to-3' exoribonuclease activity in bacteria: role of RNase J1 in rRNA maturation and 5' stability of mRNA.

    Nathalie Mathy;Lionel Bénard;Olivier Pellegrini;Roula Daou

  • Control of rRNA transcription in Escherichia coli.

    C Condon;C Squires;C L Squires

  • rRNA operon multiplicity in Escherichia coli and the physiological implications of rrn inactivation.

    C Condon;D Liveris;C Squires;I Schwartz

  • Comparison of the expression of the seven ribosomal RNA operons in Escherichia coli.

    C. Condon;J. Philips;Zheng-Yuan Fu;C. Squires

  • The phylogenetic distribution of bacterial ribonucleases

    Ciarán Condon;Harald Putzer

  • Structural basis for substrate binding, cleavage and allostery in the tRNA maturase RNase Z

    Inés Li de la Sierra-Gallay;Olivier Pellegrini;Ciarán Condon

  • RNA Processing and Degradation in Bacillus subtilis

    Ciarán Condon

  • Maturation and degradation of RNA in bacteria.

    Ciarán Condon

  • Depletion of functional ribosomal RNA operons in Escherichia coli causes increased expression of the remaining intact copies.

    C Condon;S French;C Squires;C L Squires

  • Construction and Initial Characterization of Escherichia coli Strains with Few or No Intact Chromosomal rRNA Operons

    Tsuneaki Asai;Ciarán Condon;Justina Voulgaris;Dmitry Zaporojets

  • Maturation of the 5' end of Bacillus subtilis 16S rRNA by the essential ribonuclease YkqC/RNase J1.

    Robert A. Britton;Tingyi Wen;Laura Schaefer;Olivier Pellegrini

  • Endonucleolytic processing of CCA-less tRNA precursors by RNase Z in Bacillus subtilis.

    Olivier Pellegrini;Jamel Nezzar;Anita Marchfelder;Harald Putzer

  • Ribosomal protein S4 is a transcription factor with properties remarkably similar to NusA, a protein involved in both non-ribosomal and ribosomal RNA antitermination.

    Martha Torres;Ciarán Condon;Joan-Miquel Balada;Craig Squires

  • Three essential ribonucleases-RNase Y, J1, and III-control the abundance of a majority of Bacillus subtilis mRNAs.

    Sylvain Durand;Laetitia Gilet;Philippe Bessières;Pierre Nicolas

  • Ribosomal RNA antitermination in vitro: requirement for Nus factors and one or more unidentified cellular components.

    C L Squires;J Greenblatt;J Li;C Condon

  • Bacillus subtilis ribonucleases J1 and J2 form a complex with altered enzyme behaviour.

    Nathalie Mathy;Agnès Hébert;Peggy Mervelet;Lionel Bénard

  • The Essential Function of B. subtilis RNase III Is to Silence Foreign Toxin Genes

    Sylvain Durand;Laetitia Gilet;Ciarán Condon

  • An RNA Pyrophosphohydrolase Triggers 5′-Exonucleolytic Degradation of mRNA in Bacillus subtilis

    Jamie Richards;Quansheng Liu;Olivier Pellegrini;Helena Celesnik

  • Bacillus subtilis Mutants with Knockouts of the Genes Encoding Ribonucleases RNase Y and RNase J1 Are Viable, with Major Defects in Cell Morphology, Sporulation, and Competence

    Sabine Figaro;Sylvain Durand;Laetitia Gilet;Nadège Cayet

  • Mini-III, an unusual member of the RNase III family of enzymes, catalyses 23S ribosomal RNA maturation in B. subtilis.

    Yulia Redko;David H. Bechhofer;Ciarán Condon

Frequent Co-Authors

Catherine L. Squires
Catherine L. Squires Tufts University
Marianne Grunberg-Manago
Marianne Grunberg-Manago Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Jean-Jacques Vasseur
Jean-Jacques Vasseur University of Montpellier
Djamel Drider
Djamel Drider University of Lille
Fergal O'Gara
Fergal O'Gara University College Cork
Lauriane Kuhn
Lauriane Kuhn Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Ben F. Luisi
Ben F. Luisi University of Cambridge
Roland K. Hartmann
Roland K. Hartmann Philipp University of Marburg
Werner Lubitz
Werner Lubitz BIRD-C GmbH
Masayuki Inui
Masayuki Inui Nara Institute of Science and Technology

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